Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "How to Control a Crowd" video.

  1. Here's something to think about - crowd density at a measure that you'd think would cause crushes everytime happens almost every week day in Tokyo metro, at rush hour. Not yearly pilgrimage, not a huge concert, not a sports match or a shopping sale holiday - almost every week day. Like, somedays are less packed, but still. People get pushed into trains, literally by helpers, to the point the last people get their clothes or bags/backpacks caught in the closing doors. You can search for photos of people so tightly packed inside the trains that some have their faces pressed against the windows. And then of course all these people have to exit. They pour out of trains in droves, lots of people late and in a hurry for their jobs. But I never heard of a crush incident. And this has been going on, if I'm not mistaken, for over half a century now... there are photos of train staff working as crowd pushers from the late 60s. It's just kinda insane. xD You need to see it to understand how bad it is. Been there twice as a tourist, but I think we only got into Tokyo rush hour metro once... it's just a huge nope. xD We just waited it out. Not possible for the salarymen and office ladies, but we were just touristing around. Weirdly enough, it's only at those situations you kinda get that Tokyo is among the capitals with higher density of people per area... it really doesn't look like it, except for hours people are going to work or leaving.
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